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Author:

Lehr, Dick, author.

Title:

The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War / Dick Lehr.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

PublicAffairsa member of the Perseus Books Group,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States--Motion pictures and the war.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Motion pictures and the war.
Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
Griffith, D. W.--(David Wark),--1875-1948.
Trotter, William Monroe,--1872-1934.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Jan 2, 1915 -- Part I. Fathers and sons -- The legacy -- Fathers and sons: the Trotters -- Fathers and sons: the Griffiths -- The awakening: 1896-1903 -- Character work: 1896-1907 -- Part II. Finding their voices -- Trotterism: 1903-1908 -- The apprenticeship: 1908-1913 -- Fame rising, falling, circa 1913 -- Part II. A Birth of a Nation -- 1914 -- The Wilson White House -- Trotter rides the rails -- Part IV. 1915 -- Curley's our man, or not? -- Bringing down the house -- "We'll hang Tom Dixon" -- Part V. Victory & defeat -- Victory at hand -- The curtain falls -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

1586489879
9781586489878

OCLC:

(OCoLC)889005723

LCCN:

2014029679

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

NBPB943 -- Lehigh Public Library (Lehigh)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)